Peter Bassett This bust is of George Ellery Hale 1868-1938 and is on show at the entrance of Palomar Mountain Observatory. Hale studied physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and while still an undergraduate he invented the spectroheliograph....

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This bust is of George Ellery Hale 1868-1938 and is on show at the entrance of Palomar Mountain Observatory. Hale studied physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and while still an undergraduate he invented the spectroheliograph. This...

Peter Bassett Mt Wilson mountain mountains observatory telescope altitude landscape panorama wide angle California - This is where the first accurate 'speed of light' measurement took place from this point to the central peak in the picture....

Peter Bassett This bust is of George Ellery Hale 1868-1938 and is on show at the entrance of Palomar Mountain Observatory. Hale studied physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and while still an undergraduate he invented the spectroheliograph....

Lick Observatory is located on 4200' Mt. Hamilton in the Diablo Range, east of San Jose, California. Largest among its nine research-grade telescopes is the Shane 3-meter Reflector, active since 1960. The 3-meter is in operation every clear night...

Lick Observatory is located on 4200' Mt. Hamilton in the Diablo Range, east of San Jose, California. Largest among its nine research-grade telescopes is the Shane 3-meter Reflector, active since 1960. The 3-meter is in operation every clear night...